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“I’m not in any way unaware of my well-chronicled failings as a human being”

“I’m not in any way unaware of how I’ve let you down. I’m not in any way unaware of my well-chronicled failings as a human being,” Sanford told a Hilton Head Island Republican group last week, in the first public speech of his campaign. “But I am equally aware that God forgives people who are imperfect.”…

As he hit the campaign trail here last week, Sanford – at times somber, at times enthusiastic about his return to the political arena, at times self-reflective – sought to win over Republican faithful by appealing to their sense of compassion.

“If you look, part of our shared humanity – and I’ve been on a journey on this front – is to say, ‘Every one of us, on some days we’re going to perform more magnificently than we ever could have imagined. On other days we’re going to perform far less [so],’” Sanford said at the lunch. “But that daily notion of getting back up and trying as best you can to make a difference where you can is really important.”

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“I’m not in any way unaware of how I’ve let you down. I’m not in any way unaware of my well-chronicled failings as a human being,” Sanford told a Hilton Head Island Republican group last week, in the first public speech of his campaign. “But I am equally aware that God forgives people who are imperfect.

Does he put them in political office, too? Good grief. Go crawl back under the rock from which you came.

Fortunately, the denizens of whatever Congressional district he’s glomming onto can vote for someone other than him or a smooth-talking establishment hack, unless they feel themselves such pissants that they confuse infamy for fame.